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Lavendon, St Michael & All Angels

Photos:

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Ringers at the dedication.
1975

2 Peals:

Longest peal: 5040 changes

Slowest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 5 April 2002

Fastest peal: 28 changes per minute, on 17 July 1920

Who has rung most peals here (on all rings)

Christina Tribble1
Herbert Robinson1
Barry R Eglesfield1
Gareth Grayson1
Charles Cockings1
Peter Tribble1
Henry W Gayton1
B Douglas Hird1
Henry Stapleton1
Edith M Robinson1

The current bells:

1Recorded weight: 3 - 2 - 22Sharp of E by 13 cents
2Recorded weight: 4 - 2 - 11Sharp of D by 15 cents
3Recorded weight: 5 - 0 - 9Sharp of C by 4 cents
4Recorded weight: 6 - 1 - 3Sharp of B by 8 cents
5Recorded weight: 7 - 1 - 6Sharp of A by 8 cents
6Recorded weight: 10 - 3 - 3Sharp of G by 8 cents

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No ringer has circled the tower

History of the ring:

1689 to 18281829 to 19731974 to present
  

Taylor Loughborough in 1974

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689 recast: 1829

Taylor Loughborough in 1828 recast: 1974

Taylor Loughborough in 1974

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Alexander Rigby in 1689

Bell Frame:

Type 8 3 A h

All metal frames (cast iron)

Lowside Frames

As used (with minor differences - some with and some without the lower "stretcher rail") by

History and Archive

Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"